The Show "Survivorman"

[Bassassasin12]

Anyone seen this show. It is really cool. There is a ton of information on how to survive with next to nothing. Guy goes out with no camera crew, a multi tool, and whatever the items of the week are and survives brutal conditions. How he catches food is really amazing. To me this would be something fun to do in the summer, see how well I can survive out in the woods with next to nothing for a week. Anyways just thought I'd share. If  you are interested it is on the Discovery Channel but I am not sure as to what times, I just tape it on TiVo.

[John J.]

Yep, I catch that show as much as I can. It is very informative and also helps people what to do in case they get lost. The multiple conditions and environments he encounters are some conditions that many people get lost in. And with people tooning in, they know what to do in case they get lost in the area they live in.

I went out last summer and went out with really nothing into the woods by my house and built a shelter with my bare hands. It was tough work and I broke up a sweat (which according to surviving experts is deadly (hypothermia can settle in the cold, loss of water, etc.) I built a really good shelter out of ceder boughs and sticks and it lasted for around 4 weeks until a big storm came with 50 mph winds blew it down.

I basically did a hut. There was 4 pines in a square and they had branch nubs 4' above the ground, so I took a few sticks and put one on each nub and connected it to another tree until I had a square of sticks hanging on the trees. Then I took and layed branches and lined them on top of the square (for the roof) and then covered them up with boughs, leaves and whatever I could find. Then I took and broke branches and stood them up vertically for the walls and did that all the way around and left a little entrance. Covered that all up also with boughs.

the entire thing was 5' long by 4' wide by 4' high, and it took roughly 5 hours to complete. I was neat and it lasted a little while. It rained one day and when I went out after the rain to check it out the ground was soaked but inside the hut was fairly dry.

Making a shelter can be fun and at sometimes essential!  ;D

I think I might spend a night or two in the woods and eat whatever I can find. That would be a cool experience!

God bless  8-)

[Murray]

i love it...hes really good at blues harp too.

[carySE406]

Bear Grylls would probably eat him...lol

but seriously I love that show and man vs. wild

[Bassboy15]

LOVE this show

[telecaster]

I love those shows,Survivorman and Man vs wild. Bummer there is no new episodes,I must of seen them all 20 times.Every time I surf past one I havta watch it.

[Bassassasin12]

i think survivorman owns man vs. wild because you can clearly tell man vs wild is staged. In the ocean episode he had supposedly just got out of the ocean and when he was  climbing the rocks he as in a dry shirt! Les goes with no camera crew and does it all by himself. That man is a beast!

[HUNTER19]

Bear Grylls would probably eat him...lol

but seriously I love that show and man vs. wild

I belive man vs wild is way better. One episode on survior man he had to go to the "saftey Boat" because of a "bad" storm Bear would of freakin loved it!!!! I mean he jumps in ice water to show you how to survive!! he is a total bad ***!!!!

[jomatty]

yeah but you have to understand that bear always has a safety boat.  he has a friggin full camera crew following him so he can be more adventurous because there is someone to drag him out and call in the reinforcements if he gets into real trouble.  les, aside from the ocean episode, is on his own and if he snaps an ankle or something is in real trouble.

dont get me wrong i love both shows but you cant really say that bear is tougher because he dosent have a safety boat as when it comes to actual risk les is much more exposed imo.  and whats with bear and waterfalls?  lol he climbs down one like every episode.  now i understand it makes great television but if im lost in the woods, and if i break a leg im dead, im gonna try to avoid climbing down slippery waterfalls.

anyways, these two shows are my 4 year old son and I's favorite on tv.  he absolutely loves both of them and we watch them regularly.  we make a game out of different scenarios and he is pretty well versed in survival at 4 years old.  we do it almost entirely for fun, but you never know at some point it may come in handy.  we have made a few different shelters in the woods and he always enjoys it.  one we even made rope to secure it and it lasted all winter and is still standing made out of nothing but what we could find.  man, no wonder i dont accoplish that much as far as work goes, im out in the woods making braided rope from tree bark for the love of God.  

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ahh well any time with my son is time well spent,

matt

[logger]

Bear Grylls would probably eat him...lol

but seriously I love that show and man vs. wild

I agree Bear Grylls is INTENSE!! Man vs. Wild is amazing.